Menopause and Madness: The Truth about Estrogen and the Mind

by Marcia Lawrence

Book Overview

In 1995, Marcia Lawrence was a vibrant and accomplished 49-year-old. An educator, she had written books and hosted TV and radio shows. But one afternoon, without any warning, she descended into a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0836235924
• ISBN13: 9780836235920
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

menopause madness is NOT a myth!

I bought this book because at the age of forty two I was suddenly and unexplicably torn away from the self I knew. For no obvious reason, I was overcome with crippling anxiety and panic attacks, bizarre fears and overwhelming thoughts of suicide. I could barely function from day to day, and I felt that I was surely on the verge of insanity. All I knew was that all these horrible feelings coincided with changes in my menstrual cycle and that I seemed to be suffering from intense PMS symptoms (especially sore breasts) almost all the time, so I suspected what I was going through might be hormonal. Marcia Lawrence (an intelligent, highly educated woman) confirmed my suspicions, and validated my feelings of psychological distress. Her story, as incredible as it may seem, will make one question the belief that hormones are not at the root of mental and emotional turmoil during their greatest times of fluctuation- in the premenstrual, pregnancy, post-partum and perimenopause periods. Her experience, as well as those of other women she has included in her book, was frightening and beyond her control. I feel that this book should be read by every doctor who deals primarily with women, by women young and old and by the men who are around them. It might help people to see that the so called myth of hormones making women crazy, has it's basis in a reality that still exists, and I have been living in it for the last several years!